Cellular Network Planning

In recent years, few books have been published covering all the subjects needed to understand the very fundamental concepts of cell planning. Most books which deal with this topic are destined to very specific audiences, and the vast majority introduce the subject at a very basic, or technical, level, or are destined to an academic audience.
Cellular Network Planning begins with an introduction to the subject, covering conventional and contemporary wireless systems. Spectral allocation and the frequency plan are discussed, along with the essential characteristics of wireless systems. The design of mobile cellular systems includes cell planning, traffic and channel problems.
The book presents a review of existing models, considering both green field dimensioning and network expansion strategies, and discusses multi-objective optimization and base station deployment based on artificial immune systems. It also discusses a cost-effective base station deployment approach based on artificial immune systems, and introduces the modified MO-AIS algorithm.
Technical topics discussed in the book include:
Mobile Cellular Network Basics
Evolution of Mobile Cellular System
The Mobile Communications Channel
Propagation Models
Cell Planning
Green Field Dimensioning
Network Expansion
Cost-effective Planning Strategies

Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar was born in Serrita, Brazil in 1957. He received his Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil, 1980, his Master Degree in Electrical Engineering, from Universidade Federal da Paraiba (UFPB), Brazil, 1988, and his Ph.D. from University of Waterloo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada, 1994. Marcelo S. de Alencar has more than 30 years of engineering experience, and 24 years as an IEEE Member, currently as Senior Member. For 18 years he worked for the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Paraiba, where he was Full Professor and supervised 46 graduate and several undergraduate students.
Since 2003, he is Chair Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil. Previously, he worked, between 1982 and 1984, for the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC). He spent some time working for MCI-Embratel and University of Toronto, as Visiting Professor. He is founder and President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Communications (Iecom), founder and Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences of Paraiba (ACParaiba). He has been awarded several scholarships and grants, including three scholarships and several research grants from the Brazilian National Council for Scienti-c and Technological Research (CNPq), a scholarship from the University of Waterloo, a scholarship from the Federal University of Paraiba, an achievement award for contributions to the Brazilian Telecommunications Society (SBrT), an award from the Medicine College of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) and an achievement award from the College of Engineering of the Federal University of Pernambuco, during its 110th year celebration. His biography is included in the following publications: Whos Who in the World and Whos Who in Science and Engineering, by Marquis Whos Who, New Providence, USA. Marcelo S. Alencar is a laureate of the 2014 Attilio Giarola Medal. Marcelo S. de Alencar served on the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Telecommunications Society (SBrT), as Vice-President External Relations, for two decades. He also served on the Council of the Brazilian Microwave and Optoelectronics Society (SBMO). He is member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering (Japan), member of the Brazilian Microwave and Optoelectronics Society, member of SBPC (Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science) and member of SBEB (Brazilian Society for Biomedical Engineering). He published over 350 engineering and scienti-c papers and 19 books.

Cellular Network Planning